THE GENIUS OF ASIMOV
For over half a century, Isaac Asimov's stunning vision of humanity's future in the galaxy has amazed and delighted millions of readers worldwide. From his tales of near-future, near-human positronic robots, to his vast sagas of Galactic Empire and Foundation, Asimov's legacy of imagination will live on for years to come.

Now, in a very special tribute to Asimov's creation, seventeen of today's foremost sf talents explore this epic chronicle, making fresh and enlightening contributions to the most famous and popular science-fictional universe. Include here are Orson Scott Card, Frederik Pohl, Robert Silverberg and Harry Harrison - writers who have built up strong reputations for far-reaching invention and dazzling story-telling.

For all those fascinated with fresh ideas, world creation and with Asimov himself, Foundation's Friends is essential reading. It is also a fitting recognition of the impact this science-fiction master has made on twentieth-century thinking and a whole generation of rising new writers.

Contains:

• Acknowledgements
• Preface: by Ray Bradbury
• Second Preface: The Nonmetallic Isaac or It's a Wonderful Life by Ben Bova
• Strip-Runner by Pamela Sargent
• The Asenion Solution by Robert Silverberg
• Murder in the Urth Degree by Edward Wellen
• Trantor Falls by Harry Turtledove
• Diema by Connie Willis
• Maureen Birnbaum After Dark by George Alec Effinger
• Balance by Mike Resnick
• The PresentEternal by Barry N. Malzberg
• PAPPI by Sheila Finch
• The Reunion at the Mile-High by Frederik Pohl
• Plato's Cave by Poul Anderson
• Foundation's Conscience by George Zebrowski
• Carhunters of the Concrete Prairie by Robert Sheckley
• The Overheard Conversation by Edward D. Hoch
• Blot by Hal Clement
• The Fourth Law of Robotics by Harry Harrison
• The Originist by Orson Scott Card
• Afterword: A Word or Two from Janet by Janet Jeppson Asimov
• Afterword: Fifty Years by Isaac Asimov